Category Archives: Health
Florida’s new coronavirus guidance: ‘Buck the CDC’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Thursday announced new coronavirus policy recommendations that discourage mask-wearing and push physicians to use off-label medications to treat the virus. ...
CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised ...
A surplus, health spending and student spots: Highlights of the Alberta budget
EDMONTON — Finance Minister Travis Toews tabled Alberta's 2022 budget on Thursday and for the first time in years the province is out of the red. Here are some highlights: — A $500-million budget surplus, the first since 2015, with small
B.C. climate change initiative needs to look further than recovery, expert says
VICTORIA — A disaster expert who led recovery teams after the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 230,000 people says British Columbia's climate response strategy must protect the province from future environmental events. ...
Mask mandates will lift in schools, public spaces at the same time: Moore
TORONTO — Mask mandates are staying in place in Ontario for now, but when they are removed for public settings they will simultaneously be lifted in schools, the province's top doctor said Thursday. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore
Treasury: Most COVID rental aid went to low-income residents
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance aimed at keeping families in their homes during the pandemic went to low-income tenants, the Treasury Department said.
Nova Scotia in talks to let workers who refused vaccination back on the job
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia is looking at ways to get public sector workers who refused to be vaccinated under the province's COVID-19 mandates back to work. Premier Tim Houston confirmed following a cabinet meeting Thursday that talks are ongoing on the
Yukon to ease COVID-19 restrictions starting March 4: premier
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's premier says the territory is set to move ahead with plans to ease many COVID-19 restrictions starting next week. Sandy Silver says capacity limits on gatherings will be lifted, and bars and restaurants can return to normal servic...
Manitoba to end requirement for front-line workers to have COVID-19 vaccine or test
WINNIPEG — Manitoba health-care workers, teachers and other front-line staff will no longer have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo frequent testing to keep their jobs. The requirement, enacted in October, is to end Tuesday, because the...
Saskatchewan to renew emergency order same day province lifts all COVID-19 measures
REGINA — The Saskatchewan Party government, which has repeatedly said people need to "learn to live with COVID-19," is renewing its state of emergency. Premier Scott Moe signed an order-in-council on Wednesday to extend the emergency order "to address ...
